1,000 True Fans

Great post by Kevin Kelly that touches on alot of what ABV is about. In ABV terms, Kelly makes the case for why technology and a community of kindred spirits is enough to monetize and make a living. The intriguing part is that he says the community doesn’t need to be all that big. 1,000…

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Venturing into Twitter and LinkedIn

Okay, I feel like I’ve done my duty for the day. I filled out my Twitter profile, requested to follow a few people on Twitter, and asked a question to my connections on LinkedIn. Everything was going fine until I realized that I no longer had two people following me on Twitter and I did…

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It’s Not Really Me

I have a confession to make. Actually, maybe more than one confession. I don’t like eating my own dog food. I’m a digital immigrant. I don’t like it when technology interferes with my privacy. All this came to light when, in service to researching the technology component for A Bigger Voice, I signed up for…

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Digital Coaches and Hollywood Writers

Signs that technology is increasingly impacting the way we live and work: Seth Godin has a Squidoo lens for digital coaches. What’s a digital coach? Read more here. The McNeil News Hour recently reported that Hollywood writers, in light of the strike, are turning to Internet-based media to do their work. They can connect with…

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Creating Focus from Overwhelm

This blog posting by social networking analyst, Jeremiah Owyang, gives a great inventory of web-based tools that are available today, many of which weren’t around five or even three years ago. The list is overwhelming. And it underscores why it’s critical to have a strategy about the right technology mix for reaching your audience. It…

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